Innovative tips and tricks to help you get flat abs, lose body fat, fight aging & live a healthier life. I'll even cover controversial topics that mainstream health "experts" don't understand about nutrition...the TRUTH about cholesterol & saturated fat, carbs, protein, and even superfoods you may have never heard of!

Monday

How to completely reverse type 2 diabetes - without dangerous drugs

Did you know that it's estimated that 370 Million people worldwide have
some form of diabetes... and a whopping 60 Million Americans are walking
around with prediabetes, and most of them don't even know that they
have it. Now that's a full blown epidemic that should have us all
concerned.

Why has this become such a growing problem in recent years?

Well,
the main reason is that we've become of world of carb addicts. There's
other factors too...less exercise, the chemical burden that we are
exposed too, etc...but the main reason is the massive excess of carbs
that comprises most people's diet.

We've gone from our
hunter-gatherer ancestors (with an ancestral diet high in protein,
healthy fats, and low to moderate carbs from fruits and veggies) into a
modern day world of carbohydrates everywhere we look. And I'm not just
talking about the refined "bad carbs" that everybody talks about...
sugar, corn syrup, refined flour, etc.

I'm also talking about the
so-called "good carbs" that the food industry wants you to think are
"healthy"... In fact, that "whole grain" bread and cereal that you've
been brainwashed into thinking is healthy has actually been proven to
raise blood sugar levels even higher than refined sugar many times
(depending on the type of grain with wheat being one of the worst).

This
constant assault on your pancreas to produce insulin in response to all
of these "whole grains" that everybody loads into their body on a daily
basis not only causes insulin resistance over time, but also added
weight (particularly in the abdomen from chronically high insulin),
higher triglyceride levels, and eventual type 2 diabetes.

I'm
always shocked (and a bit saddened) when I see that most people don't
realize that type 2 diabetes can be 100% completely reversed through
diet changes and exercise. It's as if our entire world is brainwashed
to think that drugs are the only answer. I've even talked to actual
doctors that don't even understand that type 2 diabetes can be reversed
without drugs. It's almost as if they've forgotten fundamental
biochemistry of the body. Let's just think about it logically for a
second...

Type 2 diabetes is 100% caused by poor diet over years
and years, and can be 100% reversed by a good diet along with
exercise. Very simply... do the opposite of what caused the diabetes,
and you will reverse it.

It's so shocking to me that even many doctors today don't realize this obvious connection.

Even
if you watch the popular TV show, "The Biggest Loser", you'll see that
so many of the contestants on that show start the season with full blown
type 2 diabetes, and when the season is over, they are 100% cured of
their diabetes, simply because they lost most of their body weight and
changed their lifestyle.

Does the entire medical establishment
purposely turn a blind eye to all of these case studies where people
completely reverse their diabetes through proper nutrition and exercise,
without drugs? Do they do this on purpose to sell more diabetes
drugs? I would hope not, but I'm not so certain of that.

Unfortunately,
diabetes drugs actually make matters worse, because they only mask the
immediate problem of blood sugar control, but never fix the underlying
metabolic problems, which is insulin sensitivity and healing your
pancreas. I've been reading one of the best books on this topic lately,
called The 30-Day Diabetes Cure,
by Dr. Stephan Ripich, and it's a phenomenal book if you want the
easiest, fastest, most natural way to completely reverse type 2 diabetes
while also getting slimmer at that same time.

Dr Ripich points
out in his book that just mindlessly lowering blood sugar with drugs
isn't the same as HEALING your diabetes. In fact, it actually makes
matter WORSE, because you still end up still eating the wrong foods that
continue to assault your beta-cells in your pancreas, causing further
damage. With drugs, you end up "watching your numbers" all the time and
taking drugs, but your diabetes continues to worsen relentlessly.

To
make matters worse, Dr Ripich points out many studies in his book that
correlate diabetes drugs to increased rates of death, and increased
rates of heart attacks. Obviously, taking diabetes drugs is not the
solution to type 2 diabetes... the solution is to permanently change the
way you eat, and also permanently change your lifestyle, and you can
easily reverse diabetes over time, and save your life.

Dr Ripich also has dozens of case studies in his book, The 30-Day Diabetes Cure,
which proves that his approach to nutrition can indeed 100% cure (yes,
CURE) your diabetes. I'm terribly saddened that so many people think
diabetes is a lifetime sentence of blood sugar monitoring, dangerous
drugs, and crippling complications... it's NOT! It just takes YOU to
start changing your lifestyle and your food intake, and it WILL reverse
itself.

You can watch Dr Ripich's video below about how his
solution works and his case studies that have totally reversed their
diabetes in only 30 days with his plan:

If
you're already convinced about trying out Dr Ripich's 30-day Diabetes
Cure plan, and don't need to watch his video describing case studies,
etc, you can go right to this page here for the 2 order options
for his book. You can choose the ebook version or physical book
version right on that page if you want to skip the video case studies.

I'll
be talking more about blood sugar control in upcoming newsletters as
it's a hot topic and one I've been putting a lot of research into
lately.

Thursday

This enzyme CAUSES stubborn body fat

I've mentioned this problem in past newsletters, so if you're a long
time reader, you might know a bit about this topic... but I want to
explain how this works a bit more and how serious the problem is these
days...

The problem I'm going to describe here can actually cause
"feminization" issues in men (more chest fat, reduced testosterone,
etc), but can also cause hormonal disorders in women too. And it also
causes the other problem that everybody hates...more stubborn abdominal
fat.

Let's start with the enzyme I mentioned in the headline...
it's called aromatase enzyme in your body. Aromatase is the enzyme
responsible for converting androgens to estrogens in your body. This is
a normal process and increases with aging in your body.

Unfortunately,
we are being exposed in this modern world to certain chemicals (such as
pesticides, plastics, petro-chemicals, and other chemicals in our food
and water) that over-stimulate the actions of aromatase, thereby causing
hormone imbalances for both men and women. These aromatase-stimulating
chemicals can cause excessively high estrogen levels in men (with
accompanying issues of body fat, chest fat, and feminization), and other
estrogen-dominance issues for women too.

The easy way to think
about it is that we want to minimize our exposure to aromatase-promoting
chemicals and maximize our intake of anti-aromatase compounds found in
certain foods, herbs, spices, etc.

Expert scientist and author, Ori Hofmekler, in his book "Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat" states: "...it
is critically important to eliminate aromatase-promoting substances
from the diet including pesticides, herbicides, plastic derivatives
(particularly from soft, cloudy or opaque plastic containers), and
estrogenic dietary compounds such as those found in soy, clover,
licorice, and hops (in beer)"

Sorry guys about the bad news
about beer... but that explains the "beer bellies" you see from heavy
beer drinkers. Just another reason to choose wine or another liquor if
you choose to drink.

Tuesday

3 foods that improve your brain

You already know from this newsletter how powerful foods, herbs,
and spices can be for your body and how it functions... nutrition
is the #1 factor that controls your weight, your risk of cancer,
your risk of heart disease, diabetes, organ functioning, and yes,
your brain health!

So let's take a quick look at 3 specific foods that can help
improve your brain health... hence, foods that make you
smarter.

1. Turmeric. That's right...
turmeric is one of the most powerful spices out there in terms of
antioxidant capacity. Turmeric has also been shown to
decrease inflammation throughout the body, including your
brain! Studies even show that people who eat curry based
dishes more frequently (which contains turmeric in high doses),
show better mental capacity than those who rarely or never eat
curry.

Since I don't eat curry more than twice a month, what I
personally do is use 2 capsules of pure turmeric daily. You
can find turmeric capsules for under $10 at most nutrition
stores. You can read our full article on the incredible benefits of turmeric here.

2. Coconut water. Oh yeah, I love
coconut water! And it's more popular than ever these days,
and widely available in most corner stores. Coconut water
is a great source of potassium and has no sodium, which helps to
balance the potassium to sodium ratio in your body. Most
people eat too much sodium and when this balance is out of whack,
it can affect your brain function. Also, coconut water only
has a little bit of natural sugar and calories --about 1/4 the
amount of sugar compared to soda pop.

3. Wild Salmon. You already know
about the high levels of omega-3 fatty acids (including DHA and
EPA) found in wild salmon. But you might not realize how
important those omega-3's really are for your brain functioning,
as the membranes in brain cells require omega-3's for proper
function. Some studies have also shown that people that eat
the most fish have better memory than those that eat the least
fish. You can read our full article with a health warning about farmed salmon here.

We could list a bunch more powerful foods that can help improve
your brain too, but we'll save those for a future ezine.
Equally important though for the health of your brain is to AVOID
foods that damage your brain...